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- R19.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM R19.5 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of R19.5 – other international versions of ICD-10 R19.5 may differ.
ICD-10-CM R19.5 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 391 Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders with mcc
- 392 Esophagitis, gastroenteritis and miscellaneous digestive disorders without mcc
Applicable To
- Abnormal stool color
- Bulky stools
- Mucus in stools
- Occult blood in feces
- Occult blood in stools
Type 1 Excludes
- melena (K92.1)
- neonatal melena (P54.1)
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
- 2025 (effective 10/1/2024): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to R19.5:
- feces (color) (contents) (mucus) > Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities
- stool (color) (contents) (mucus) > Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities
- guaiac positive > stool (color) (contents) (mucus) R19.5
- occult > feces K92.1
- occult in feces > Blood
- stools > Bulky
- in stool > Fat
- in stool > Mucus
- blood in feces (stools) > Occult
- in > Pus
- stool > in R19.5